Clothes-wringer.



J. DAVIES.

CLOTHES WRINGER.

APPLIGATION FILED 111111114 1911.

1,038,304. Patented Sept 10, 1912.

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Patented Sept. 10, 1912.

Application filed July 14, 1911. Serial No. 638,459.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JoNAH DAVIES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hazleton, in the county of Luzerne and State ofPennsylvania, have invented new and useful Clothes W ringers, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in clothes wringers, and has foran objectto provide means insuring accuracy of adjustment of thepressure roller so as to equalize the tension of the same against thedriven roller of the wringer.

Another object of the invention is to providean improved frame structurewhereby the driven roller and the pressure roller can be readilyassociated therewith.

In the drawings, forming a portion of this specification and in whichlike numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several viewsFigure 1 is a front view of the wringer. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectiontherethrough taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a similarsection taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectionon the line 41% of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of thewear plates.

The wringer includes a ,frame which is constructed preferably of thevertical spaced side members 1 which are provided with lower attachingportions 2 to be secured to any suitable washing apparatus, (not shown).The members 1 are provided with vertical slots 3 which are open at theirupper ends, as shown. These members are connected together at theirupper ends by the connecting bearing bar 4, and at the lower ends,the-side members are connected by the combined guard and guiding plates5 and 6. The side members may be constructed of wood or metal, it beingdesirable when the members are constructed of wood to provide thevertical bearing or wear plates 7 which are secured to the side membersby the fas tening devices 8. The plates 7 are provided with verticalslots 9 which are arranged in registration with the slots 3 to receivetherewith the ends of the driving shaft 10 on the driving roller 11 andthe trunnions 12 on.

the pressure rollers13.

The rollers may be of any suitable well known construction and each isprovided with an outer surfacefl of galvanized metal 14. The ends of theshaft 10 are-extended through stationary bushings 15 which extendthrough the slots 3 at the lower ends thereof. The top bar 4 is providedwith a depending rib 16 which extends into the upper portions of thevertical slots to firmly hold the upper bar. Fastening bolts 17 areextended through the vertical members 1 and through the de ending rib1.6 on the upper bar 4 of the t i'ame. The guard members 5 and 6 aresecured to the vertical members 1 by the fastening devices 18. Thetension member 19 of the wringer is disposed above the pressure roller13, and as illustrated, said member is provided with reduced endportions 20 which are apertured vertically, at 21, to receive the stems22 of the boxes 23. Theselboxesare slidable in the vertical slots 3in=the side members 1 of the frame and interpdsed between the boxes andthe said reduced 'ends 20 of the tension member 19 are relatively stronghelical compressible springs 24. The tension member 19 is provided witha metallic step bearing 25 against which the lower end of the adjustingscrew 26 is engaged. This screw extends through the top bar 4 of theframe of the wringer and is threadedly mounted in the nut 27. This nutis countersunk in the rib l6 and is'securely held in the countersunkportion by means of the apertured retaining plate 28 which is securedtothe underside of the rib 16. The adjusting screw is provided at itsupper end with the usual hand wheel 30 which may be operated manuallywhen it is desired to move the tension member 19 for the purpose ofobtaining the required pressure of the pressure roller against thedriving roller.

The member 5 extends upwardly at an angle in the direction of theeffective contact surfaces of the rollers 11 and 13 so as to guide theclothes directly into said surfaces. To prevent the clothes frombecoming accidentally caught in the ends of the rollers and therebyaccidentally wound around the shafts of the rollers, I provide thevertical guards 32. These guards are secured to the inner sides of thevertical members 1 and extend substantially the full length of saidmembers. The shaft 10 of the driving roller has secured thereto a gearwheel 33 and a combined driving pulley and balance wheel 34, the latterbeing. adapted to receive its power from any suitable well known form ofdriving motor, (not shown), or it may, if desired, be belted orotherwise operatively connected to some driven part of a washing comingaccidentally caught in the gears when the clothes are fed t0 therollers. By permitting the stems 24 of the boxes to extend through thereduced ends 20 of'the tension member 19 equal tension ofthe pressuresprings canbe effectively obtained so as to effect the requiredpressureof the roller 13 against the roller 11. The guard 6 of thewringer is disposed below the plane of the effective contacting surfacesof the rollers 11 and 13 so as to provide for a free discharge of theclothes during the wringing operation.

The balance wheel 34: is provided with a handle 37, whereby the wringercan be readily operated manually if desired. By roviding the r Here 11and 13 with the galvanized meta surfaces 14: said rollers may beeffectively used for pressing or smoothing the clothes.

I claim I A clothes wringer, comprising a frame including side membershaving vertical slots therein which open toward the upper ends of themembers, metallic wear plates secured to the said side members andpartially closing the slots in the side members at one side of the saidmembers, the said wear plates having vertical slots therein, a drivingroller,

bearings seated against the lower Walls of the said vertical slots andsupporting the said driving roller, a driven roller disposed above thedriving roller and provided with boxes adapted to bear against thetrunnions of the said driven roller, a tensioning member disposed abovethe boxes, the said tensioning member having reduced end portionsextending into the slots of the said vertical side members, andsaidreduced ends being arranged in sliding contact" with the said wearplates, stems carried by the boxes and slidably mounted in the tensioninmember, springs encircling the stems and interposed between the boxesand the said reduced ends of the said tensioning member, a bearing barextending across the upper end of the frame and having 'a depending ribextending partly into the said guide slots in the vertical side membersof the frame, means extending through the side members and through therib to hold the said bearing bar operatively mounted on the frame, andmeans extending through the said bearing bar and operatively connectedwiththe tensionin member so as to move the same and the said boxesrelatively to govern the ten-

